Chapter 644

The sky had just darkened.

Mai Hangyu rode his motorcycle to drop Wu An off at the front door, saw Father and Lao Meng sitting there smoking, and greeted them with a smile.

Lao Meng said, "You father and son are both in good spirits today."

Wu An glanced.

Indeed.

Although Father had a stern face, the upturned corners of his mouth and his squinting eyes showed he was holding back a laugh.

Wu An asked, "Dad, what happy news? Tell me so I can be happy too."

Wu Yingwei blinked: "You don't know?"

Wu An: "Should I know?"

Wu Yingwei nodded: "Nonsense, you're still pretending with me? I already know everything."

Wu An scratched his head.

He seriously pondered what he had been doing lately; there were simply too many things, and he didn't know which one had made Father happy.

This person—he's just too outstanding, that's all.

Even casually doing something could become a source of pride for his parents, something to show off.

It's not often that Father gets this delighted and still keeps a secret from his old pals.

He tentatively said, "Dad, did you hear some rumor and think you're about to become a grandfather?"

Now Father has taken the position of village chief, basically having reached the peak of his life.

But he can't be said to have no desires; after becoming village chief, his motivation for work has grown stronger.

If we were to say Father's greatest hope now, it's probably to become a grandfather.

Unfortunately, Gu Anran just got her period.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come home so early.

Wu Yingwei said irritably, "What nonsense—if you don't say it, I will."

Lao Meng couldn't take it: "You two old men, enough already—are you trying to kill me with anxiety?"

"Hurry up and say it, stop keeping us in suspense."

Wu An said, "Dad, just tell us quickly—I'm even more curious than Lao Meng."

Wu Yingwei said, "Just now, the leader called me and said they've reselected you as the county's outstanding youth representative."

Wu An blinked, then laughed: "Good fellow, the efficiency is pretty quick."

Lao Meng praised: "Good fellow."

"So that makes you an outstanding youth representative?"

"A An, you kid really made it big."

Wu An was also very happy.

He finally had a concrete label on him; the previous commendations were nice but somewhat hollow.

It's also awkward to introduce him outwardly—how could you just tell people he'd done a few acts of seeing justice and courage?

People might think he's a tyrant.

But the title of outstanding youth representative is different; wherever he goes, he can introduce it outwardly.

Wu Yingwei also finally laughed out loud; he had really been holding it in.

Wu An being able to receive such honor made him happier than anyone.

Lao Meng kept praising without cease.

As early as a few months ago, Wu An was a despised good-for-nothing; now he's turned into an outstanding youth representative—a change of enormous magnitude.

If he hadn't seen Wu An's transformation with his own eyes, and if someone else told him that a person could achieve this in just a few months, he would never believe it.

Wu An curiously asked, "What about Shen Nan?"

Wu Yingwei coughed and said, "Our town only has one spot; you took it, so he naturally lost it."

Lao Meng was even more shocked: "Damn, A An, you kid, your methods are too harsh."

"The Shen family's accumulated advantages over several generations can't compare to you?"

"How did you manage that?"

He hadn't considered that Wu Yingwei had put in effort here; Wu Yingwei's character is obvious to all.

Nobody should think of stealing his spotlight.

Even if it were his own son, it wouldn't work; otherwise Wu Ping wouldn't now lack a public-school teacher position.

Wu An said, "Do good deeds without asking about the future."

Lao Meng slammed the table and exclaimed, "Ma de, you deserve to be doing this well."

Wu Yingwei said, "Let's go, head home."

"Tonight, let's have a good drink, just the two of us."

Wu An nodded with a smile.

Father was truly happy; he rarely takes the initiative to invite him for a drink.

Lao Meng rose as well: "Count me in."

Wu Yingwei laughed: "Fine, fine, fine—including you, the three of us old guys will have a good drink."

Lao Meng laughed and scolded: "Get lost, get lost, get lost—still trying to take advantage of me."

The three walked and chatted toward the courtyard; just as they reached the gate, they saw Mei Yueqin covering her mouth and running out of the kitchen.

Wu Ping followed, holding a spatula, his face anxious as he asked, "Yueqin, what's wrong?"

"I just said red-braised fish; it shouldn't have made you feel this sick, right?"

He shouted as he moved closer.

Mei Yueqin hurriedly stopped him: "Don't come over, don't get near me, the soy sauce smell on you is too strong."

Wu Ping hurriedly stopped.

Wu An walked over and sniffed, but didn't smell anything at all, and asked: "Brother, how much soy sauce did you put in the braised fish?"

Wu Ping felt wronged: "There isn't any."

"I just put a little oyster sauce."

"That oyster sauce is still the one you made by spending 3000 bucks to buy oysters and simmer them."

Wu An got anxious: "What do you mean? Are you trying to pass the buck to me? The oyster sauce I made is absolutely good, all-natural."

Only now that life is better did he dare to spend that much money buying oysters to make oyster sauce.

Wu Ping shouted: "It must be the oyster sauce; otherwise why would your sister-in-law react so strongly?"

Wu An: "Impossible..."

Seeing the two brothers arguing, Wu Yingwei and Lao Meng exchanged a glance, smiled and said: "Alright, stop arguing."

"Mei Yueqin, go to the town hospital tomorrow for a check-up."

Mei Yueqin shook her head: "No need."

"I feel fine, just a bit nauseous; I guess resting overnight will fix it."

Wu Yingwei said: "I'm not asking you to check for vomiting, but to check whether you're pregnant."

Hearing that, Mei Yueqin widened her eyes, then lowered her head to look at her own belly.

Naturally, nothing could be seen.

Wu Ping: "I'm going to be a dad?"

Wu An: "I'm going to be an uncle?"

The two brothers laughed.

Lao Meng said: "Then you don't need to wait until tomorrow to go to the hospital for a check-up; go call Old Master Shen to take your pulse."

Wu An shouted: "I'll go get him on my bike right now."

The reason Old Village Chief Shen is so prestigious in the village is because he once worked as a barefoot doctor for a period.

Besides that, his pulse diagnosis is truly accurate; now that he's retired, anyone in the village who feels unwell still goes to him for a pulse check, then goes to the hospital to get medicine.

Lao Meng said: "I'll go with you."

Wu An nodded.

Old Master Shen was in the courtyard; upon hearing Wu An say that, he immediately agreed.

They got in the car.

The old master smiled and said: "A An, congratulations."

Wu An said: "Old Village Chief, are you talking about the outstanding youth matter?"

"Is Shen Nan alright?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I still have to say this: actually I never intended to compete with him over this."

Old Master Shen: "I believe, I believe."

Lao Meng smiled without speaking.

The old one is an old fox, the young one is a young fox; neither speaks a word of truth.